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Two armed men have entered a restaurant in Barcelona and are reported to be holding hostages, following an attack in which a van was driven into a crowd, causing a number of injuries. Two people are reported to have been killed. Police say they are "terrorist attacks".

Up to 70 dead as Al Shebab attacks Somali education ministry building

Somalia’s Al Shebab has claimed responsibility for a truck-bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed as many as 70 people. The Islamist rebels also launched attacks in towns in the west and south of the country.

The Mogadishu explosion was at an education ministry building and is believed to have gone off as students were queueing for scholarships offered by Turkey.

Estimates of the death toll stood at between 50 and 70 early Tuesday afternoon.

"One of our Mujahidin made the sacrifice to kill TFG [Transitional Federal Government] officials, the African Union troops and other informers who were in the compound," an anonymous Shebab official told the AFP news agency.